English 7th Grade (Period 4) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- Fall 2012
- Department
- English
- Location
- 120
- Description
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The purpose of this course is to accelerate and sustain student’s proficiency in the language arts. This class will be standards based comprehensive and balanced instruction to ensure that students develop their reading, writing, comprehension, analytic, speaking and collaborative skills. They will spend time immersed in high quality literature, and work with expository text. They will participate in Writer’s Workshop to realize their full capabilities as authors of authentic writing. Materials: Your child will need to purchase: 1. loose leaf paper 2. two (different colored highlighters). 3. One (1) red pen 4. one (1)packet of different colored construction paper 5. (1) 70-100 page spiral notebook 6. (1) marble composition book
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Winter Packets will be issued to each student to keep students engaged in learning over the long holiday. If for some reason, the student misplaces their packet, they can print the following PDF file.
There is a checklist for the various assignments. Each assignment should take approximately 30 minutes.
There is a checklist for the various assignments. Each assignment should take approximately 30 minutes.
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We are starting the research component of the Expository Unit. The students will be collecting research, preparing for a Bibliography, examining data, and producing a culminating project.
There will be miniature assignments due throughout the weeks of December 3 and the 14th. The students will have opportunities to collect research in class, but they will also be responsible for completing work outside of the class hours. It will be necessary to have access to both internet and a local library.
A packet will be issued to each child and they will finish specific pages on each day.
7th graders will be provided with most of the materials needed.
There will be miniature assignments due throughout the weeks of December 3 and the 14th. The students will have opportunities to collect research in class, but they will also be responsible for completing work outside of the class hours. It will be necessary to have access to both internet and a local library.
A packet will be issued to each child and they will finish specific pages on each day.
7th graders will be provided with most of the materials needed.
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There are two assignments due on Monday November 26:
Final draft: Book Report #1
Compare and Contrast Essay of Margot v. William from "All Summer in Day"
Final draft: Book Report #1
Compare and Contrast Essay of Margot v. William from "All Summer in Day"
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The first Book Report Rough Draft is due this week. We will edit them in class and the final draft will be due the Monday they return from Thanksgiving Break!
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This week we will be working on Fact/Opinion/Bias/Stereotype. This is our schedule:
Monday/Tuesday: Read Nolan Ryan (p. 570) and complete a fact/opinion T-chart Jersey for homework
Wednesday: Read Melting Pot (p. 122) and complete the Quiz and Indirect/Direct Object worksheet for homework.
Thursday/Friday: Watch Dr. Seuss' sneetches Youtube and discuss bias/stereotype. Then read two articles. One on prisoners and the other on stuttering. The students will create an essay and express whether the articles are adequate-enough, accurate-correct and appropriate -reliable based on the facts, opinions, bias, and stereotypes that are in the articles (homework).
Monday/Tuesday: Read Nolan Ryan (p. 570) and complete a fact/opinion T-chart Jersey for homework
Wednesday: Read Melting Pot (p. 122) and complete the Quiz and Indirect/Direct Object worksheet for homework.
Thursday/Friday: Watch Dr. Seuss' sneetches Youtube and discuss bias/stereotype. Then read two articles. One on prisoners and the other on stuttering. The students will create an essay and express whether the articles are adequate-enough, accurate-correct and appropriate -reliable based on the facts, opinions, bias, and stereotypes that are in the articles (homework).
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Students will be given an expository packet of different skills that we will be learning. This will be an introduction to the 5 styles of expository skills.
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Congratulations! We finished the first unit of the school year, Narrative. We will now begin Unit 2: Exposition. The students will be learning about the fundamentals of Expository Reading/Writing to spring us into the next 8-week unit.
I will show a powerpoint on exposition. The students will use a graphic organizer to take notes. They will then write a 4-paragraph essay that defines what expository writing/reading is, identifies the 5 styles, lists the cue words, and compares/contrasts narrative vs. expository work.
Rough Draft due: October 16
Final Draft due: October 17
I will show a powerpoint on exposition. The students will use a graphic organizer to take notes. They will then write a 4-paragraph essay that defines what expository writing/reading is, identifies the 5 styles, lists the cue words, and compares/contrasts narrative vs. expository work.
Rough Draft due: October 16
Final Draft due: October 17
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We will study theme by listening to/reading the Marvin Gaye song "What's Going On." We will analyze the various theme possibilities by creating a T-Chart that match a topic to a theme. After they finish listening to the song/analyzing the song, they will complete a "THEME COLLAGE." The theme collage will be a collection of newspaper articles that address a specific theme (Example: Politics aren't pretty)
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This week, we will read "After 20 Years," (page 428 of text) and we will focus on the elements of plot, suspense, surprise ending and foreshadowing in a story. We will complete skills pages 123-125 (clauses, break down sentences, surprise ending). We will complete a "foreshadow clock," which will break down the events of a plot that provide clues about what will happen next. There will be a quiz that covers the content of the lesson.
Due Thursday 9/27: Skills pages and foreshadow clock
Due Thursday 9/27: Skills pages and foreshadow clock
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This week we will read the story 7th Grade by Gary Soto. We will analyze the qualities of the characters and decide how they have an effect on the plot's problems and the solutions and whether a character's qualities can advance a plot or stop the plot. We will complete two assignments for homework.
The skills work pages 41, 43-45 will cover vocabulary, Verbs, idioms, and tone: Due on September 20th
Plot stop or advance book (we will start producing this in class): Due September 23
The skills work pages 41, 43-45 will cover vocabulary, Verbs, idioms, and tone: Due on September 20th
Plot stop or advance book (we will start producing this in class): Due September 23
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This week we will read the story 7th Grade by Gary Soto. We will analyze the qualities of the characters and decide how they have an effect on the plot's problems and the solutions and whether a character's qualities can advance a plot or stop the plot. We will complete two assignments for homework.
The skills work pages 41, 43-45 will cover vocabulary, Verbs, idioms, and tone: Due on September 20th
Plot start or stop book (we will start producing this in class): Due September 24
The skills work pages 41, 43-45 will cover vocabulary, Verbs, idioms, and tone: Due on September 20th
Plot start or stop book (we will start producing this in class): Due September 24
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This week we will read "7th Grade" by Gary Soto from the Prentice Hall Text. We will complete a variety of in-class activities that will help us identify and analyze the character traits of the characters in this story and if those traits help keep the plot in motion, or if they stop the plot. Then, we will create a booklet that identifies the character traits and how those traits influence the plot.
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This week, we will work out of three books that address various types of punctuation and how to use them- by Lynne Truss:
Eats, shoots, and leaves - Girl's Like Spaghetti - 20-Odd Ducks.
We will illustrate how sentences use different punctuation to change the meaning of the words.
Eats, shoots, and leaves - Girl's Like Spaghetti - 20-Odd Ducks.
We will illustrate how sentences use different punctuation to change the meaning of the words.
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This week we will be learning the difference between independent clauses and dependent clauses. We will also be learning the three kinds of sentence structures, the four types of sentences, and the conjunctions we use for each.
On Thursday evening, the students will complete a sentence structure/sentence type packet for homework.
On Thursday evening, they will complete a "crack it open" worksheet.
On Friday evening, they will complete a remediation/review packet.
On Thursday evening, the students will complete a sentence structure/sentence type packet for homework.
On Thursday evening, they will complete a "crack it open" worksheet.
On Friday evening, they will complete a remediation/review packet.
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This week we will work on a Genre Umbrella. We will study the genre of non fiction and fiction and all of the sub categories that we will study this year (narrative, expository, response to literature, and persuasion). We will study examples of each and then produce a colorful Genre Study Umbrella
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Students will listen to Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” by Baz Luhramann. . This song is about giving advice. The students will then write a 3-paragraph letter to the incoming 6th graders that gives them advice about how to handle this new school year. We will use the writing process to brainstorm, complete a rough draft, edit, and produce a final draft.